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[Georgia]

A ‘Star Wars’ Horror Novel Called Deathtroopers? Yes Please! | Film School Rejects

We don’t talk a lot about books here at FSR, due mostly to the fact that at least half of our staff are illiterate bastards. But once in a while some literary news comes along that’s too good to pass up without sharing. So it is with the latest novel set in the Star Wars expanded universe…

“Deathtroopers” is an upcoming Star Wars horror novel by Joe Schreiber. No, that’s not a misprint… a Star Wars horror novel is due out October 27th of this year. Are you smiling as broadly as I did when I first read that phrase? There’s currently no plot synopsis of any kind, but Schreiber has a few things to say about it on his blog, including the fact that it takes place immediately before A New Hope (aka Star Wars Episode IV).

I had the time of my life on this one, I have to say. I’m doing the final edits now, and I’ve tried to make it into exactly the kind of book you’d want to read if you were a child of the 70s who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy and really digs horror in the vein of The Shining and Alien, with a little dose of William Gibson mixed in.”

The cover has recently been made available and it’s the sweetest piece of Star Wars-related news I’ve seen in decades. Check it out. (And thanks to Twitchfilm for the heads up.)

Bara omslaget gjorde det hela mycket mer intressantare.

[Cartman]

Det låter ju intressant måste jag medge. Jag gillar ju skräck i vanliga fall och även Star Wars, så när man nu ska kombinera dessa två saker så får jag lov att ta mig en närmare titt på den här boken. Annars är det sällan jag läser Star Wars litteratur då den oftast håller rätt låg kvalité.

[Cartman]

theforce.net - First Death Troopers Review Up At Fangoria

September 8, 2009.

Allan Dart at Fangoria provides what looks to be the first review of the first ever Star Wars horror novel, Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber.

Beware if you click the link as it is a rather SPOILER HEAVY REVIEW. Allan Dart's reception to the book is luke-warm and contains some graphic details of just what a reader can come to expect from a Star Wars horror title. (Think rated R horror films)

Death Troopers will be available to the masses on October 13th and make sure to keep an eye peeled for TFN reviews of the novel in the coming weeks.

[Peak]

Är ni intresserade av den så tar jag 179:- för den inbundna, och 260:- för ljudboken.

Inklusive frakt, givetvis.

[Cartman]

Bra pris. Jag ska se över om jag har råd eller ej.